“He had the intelligence to hide this maneuvering intelligence behind a character that he never left,” analyzes Julien Aubert, vice-president of LR

Jean-Claude Gaudin died on Monday May 20 at the age of 84. “He was a character that everyone knows, and who at the same time was much more complex than his official image. People from afar saw a kind of slightly pagnolesque character, (…) with a Provençal ease. They underlined him. -estimated in the 90s (…), when in reality, he was undoubtedly one of the most intelligent characters of his generation”analyzes Julien Aubert, the vice-president of the Republicans.

“He had the intelligence to hide this maneuvering intelligence behind a persona that he never left”, continues Julien Aubert. The vice-president of the Republicans remembers a man who “grabbed the opportunity to speak very quickly”always with a “chess game”. “You don’t stay mayor of Marseille for that long if you’re not a very good poker player”concludes Julien Aubert.